Millard Hiner , the owner and operator of WhiteGyr.com lives in Pierce, Idaho and has been computer programming for over thirty years now and has used Fortran, BasicV, C++, RPG II and Prime's CPL. He calls himself a Web Developer or Web Development Manager (for this work and he does both) but he answers the emails sent to whitegyr [at] gmail.com. He writes web articles on a variety of subjects.

We have been using a business name, "WhiteGyr, Web Page Design and Web Hosting" for over ten years. So now that I have decided on a distinctive / descriptive business name, what is my next move? I went to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTMO”) but got immediately lost in the jargon. Is there a step by step guide available to apply for a trademark or is an attorney a requirement?

A great way to start. The process of finding the actual slot you want to work into is a never ending process and evolves for some of us as we explore many different interests. If making a living from the niche is the goal several other factors come into play and that's where the art and practise becomes important. February 03, 2008

What was the actual "directory submission service that submitted the site to nearly 500 online directories for around $100" that you used. What was the page rank of your "main established website homepage, which gets indexed regularly by all crawler based search engines"? December 27, 2007